Mens Lapsus

Yo, Carlitos, wassup? So Fidel is dying, wanna go back to Cuba?

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We just saw Superman. Good movie. If I were a film critic I would tell you the structure of the movie is original, the psychology of the characters is a bit deeper that the 70’s versions (that is the least we could expect from Bryan Singer), though some nice references to the old movies can be appreciated (check the generic and, of course, the good old theme by John Williams). I wouldn’t forget to tell you about the amazing performance of Kevin Spacey.

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Under the title "NSA's Maths Problem", the New York Times publishes a very refreashing article written by a scientist at Standford. It's worth reading.

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The countdown to the end of the year – and the end of Annan’s mandate – has been launched for a while now on the banks of the East River. A dozen of names are regularly quoted, some others are suggested more silently. Among them is a great man, whose candidacy has been increasingly evocated for the past weeks, either within the United Nations environment or in the press (including today’s New York Times).

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As a kid I always hated when my parents used over and again the same argument: “You should do it this way. Believe me, I’m older, I know more, I’ve done those mistakes before”. Actually I think all kids have hated this argument. Later I found out I was lucky to beneficiate from the experiences of my parents to make sure I won’t make the same mistake. Take advantages of the errors of the past. Evolve. You are not the first of your kind. That’s what we call Learning Effect.

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Who said Ahmadinejad had no consistent strategy? Beyond the paradoxes of his public communication lays a well-mastered scheme which exploits the most classical mass-media theories.

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